Dr. Payne is accepting new patients in need of Physiatry services and is partnered with Katie Hatt, DO, at Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Services of BMC.
PITTSFIELD, Mass — Berkshire Health Systems announced the appointment of Nicole Y. Payne, MD, FABPMR, a board certified and fellowship trained Physiatrist to the medical staff of Berkshire Medical Center and the provider staff of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Services of BMC.
Dr. Payne is accepting new patients in need of Physiatry services and is partnered with Katie Hatt, DO, at Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Services of BMC.
Dr. Payne comes to the Berkshires from Maine, where she served with Northern Light AR Gould Hospital in Presque Isle. She previously worked at medical centers in Georgia, Washington state, Kansas, Vermont and Tennessee.
Dr. Payne is board certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Brain Injury Medicine. She received her medical degree from Medical College of Ohio, Toledo, and completed her residency in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at the University of Toledo Medical Center.
Her clinical interests include musculoskeletal ultrasound, fluoroscopy procedures and Botox and Xiaflex treatments.
For an appointment with Dr. Payne, ask your primary care physician for a referral or call Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Services of BMC at 413-445-9353.
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Lanesborough Looks to Dissolve Baker Hill Road District
By Breanna SteeleiBerkshires Staff
LANESBOROUGH, Mass. — The Select Board is looking to move forward with dissolving the Baker Hill Road District, which is hindering the Berkshire Mall sale.
On Friday, the Select Board heard from Vice Chair Juli Baker and Chair Deborah Maynard on how Tuesday negotiations went with Cypress Equities, JMJ Holdings, town counsel, the town administrator, and state Rep. John Barrett III.
Baker said that during Tuesday's meeting, everyone agreed the goal was to have a successful sale of the mall for redevelopment as it’s in the best interest of the town.
Baker said Barrett assured them the state is willing to take the Connector Road and that the state is willing to provide grants to the town to renovate the water and sewer infrastructure, with an estimated total of $4.5 million, to facilitate the property's redevelopment.
"We have received assurances from Representative Barrett that the Commonwealth will provide the monies and will take the Connector," Baker said.
While buyer Cypress Equities saw some benefit in keeping the district, it now doesn't since the state is willing to provide the funds and renovate the infrastructure, according to Baker.
Baker said that in the meeting, Cypress Equities prefers to enter into a tax increment financing (TIF) and will add to the agreement an amount of funding for public safety services, which would have come from the district. She said Cypress said it would rather enter into one agreement with the town than two agreements with the town and the district.
Mall owner JMJ Holdings is willing to pay $350,000 to the town upon closing, Baker said.
The meeting Friday was to consider moving forward with a dissolution of the district.
"But the decision that it hinges on tonight is whether to move forward to the dissolution of the Baker Hill Road District in some manner," she said.
Baker said she has worked long and hard to see if there was another alternative to this, working closely with the district which has been "very cooperative and very helpful" in making changes.
The district had agreed to make changes to its governance and taxation; agreeing to have a cap for Cypress as well as agreeing to work to have the state take over the road, sending letters of support.
"What changed this for me is that I've always said it's important to have the special district because we get the public safety funding, and it's also important for the economic district to bring the features that an economic district brings because of what we're up against with the infrastructure problems, and the change at this point is that we have a buyer who is willing to supply that public safety money and commit to it over time, along with the TIF that the town would do, which is essential," she said.
"At this point, I feel like it's in the best interest of the town and protects the town the best in terms of a future where we can develop a mall and bring that economic benefit in. You definitely need to reduce taxes, and you cannot do that without a fully developed retail operation right there. So it's been, you know, deeply difficult decision making," Baker said.
Board members Jason Breault and Jeffery Walters agreed it was the best decision to move forward.
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